Friday, December 9, 2016

Road Trip Highlights Transit, Housing Synergies

Rep. Carlos
Tobon, Mayor Donald Grebien

and RI Housing Exec. Director Barbara Fields

tour developments
in Boston, MA

Plans to add a
Pawtucket/Central Falls stop on the MBTA commuter-rail line are moving forward after
Rhode Island was awarded a federal TIGER grant from the US Department of Transportation.
Rhode Island Housing hosted a bus tour
to the Boston neighborhood of Dorchester to see the new Transportation Oriented
Developments that were built following the opening of four new stations along
the Fairmount Indigo line.

These
developments were spurred by access to transit hubs. They serve as an example
of the increased investment opportunities that may arise near current train
stations in Rhode Island in addition to the proposed station in Pawtucket.